The Air Force wants to put private AI data centers on its bases, raising security, land-use fears

Air Force officials want private companies to build artificial intelligence data centers on more than 3,000 acres of land on five of its military bases, raising questions about security, ethics, and land use.The Air Force bases—Davis-Monthan in Ariz., Edwards in Calif., Robins in Ga., Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in N.J., and Arnold in Tenn.—will make “underutilized” land available “for private commercial data center use,” according to an Oct. 15 and Oct.